Castle

I have just recently finished watching the series, Castle. Castle is a crime drama series that gained my attention after a few suggestions to watch it. The show first aired in 2009 and is currently on its sixth season. The main actors are Nathan Fillion who plays Richard Castle and Stana Katic who plays Kate Beckett.

The show is simply about Richard Castle, an author who follows and works with Kate Beckett, a homicide detective in New York City. He works with Kate Beckett and her team and goes with them to different crime scenes to help them solve different cases while giving him fresh ideas to write his books about. Every episode features a new case to be solved. Similar to many other crime drama series where every episode focuses on a new case just a different idea having a successful author work with the team to solve the cases. 

Richard Castle and Kate Beckett both play quick witted, intelligent and humorous characters. The show is entertaining to watch but I question why many people become so intrigued by crime drama series. I myself can remember watching Law and Order: Special Victims Unit religiously for years. An article on CBS News states, “‘Murder is the ultimate catalyst for a good story, because the stakes are the highest,’ said "CSI's creator, Anthony Zuiker. ‘There's no higher stakes than human life. We have done shows where there's an art heist. They failed miserably. Nobody quite cares that Mrs. MacGillicutty lost her $10 million painting. But America understands the person next door was brutally murdered and she had a whole life ahead of her.’" This statements seem to explain why people get hooked on crime drama series.

Castle holds an 8.2 stars on the IMDB rating scale, supporting my claim of the love people have for crime dramas. In my opinion, I give the show 4 Andi’s out of 5. I enjoy the show, I even suggest the show to my friends but I do feel that you can relate many crime dramas to each other, making it a show that you may feel like you’ve already seen, even if you haven’t.

Here’s a clip of the show to get a sense of the plot and characters. 

Dead Zone

Dead Zone is a television series based off of Stephen King's novel "The Dead Zone." The series lasted from 2002 to 2007. Main actors consist of Anthony Michael Hall, Nicole de Boer, Chris Bruno and John L. Adams. I began watching Dead Zone last semester and six months later, I'm still yearning for more. This television series captured my heart and a great amount of my time. (not that I'm complaining)

First off, let me tell you a little about the series. Anthony Michael Hall plays Johnny Smith who is able to see the lives of others by simply touching them. The future and the past can appear as images to Johnny as long as they have a relevance to some sort of accident, crime or other disaster that is about to happen. Each episode is like a short movie because of the deep plot that starts and finishes many of Johnny's images. Although, every episode not only follows the given issue that Johnny must fix initially seen by his visions but also follows the main characters lives like a drama series. Therefore, in my opinion, the show is a twist between a drama and a mystery. I enjoy a good drama series and I enjoy mystery movies, therefore this series has a lot to offer for me.

Like I said, the series is based off of Stephen King's "The Dead Zone." Stephen King is a well known author whose had many of his books turned into movies. I'm a huge fan of the movies based off of his books, even though I have sadly never read one of his books. Reading one of his books is on my to do list as soon as I graduate college though!

Here is a list of many popular movies based off of Stephen King's books.

• Children of the Corn
• Carrie (Initially came out as a movie in 1976 and just recently recreated and in theatres)
• The Shining
• Stand By Me
• The Shawshank Redemption
• The Dead Zone (There was also a movie created)

Therefore, not only do I suggest watching the television series Dead Zone, but I suggest watching some of the movies listed above.

On IMDB, Dead Zone is rated a 7.1 on their scale and I would have to give this television series 5 Andis! Every episode is well thought out and often can be seen as mini movies.